Trapped: Brides of the Kindred Book 29 by Faith Anderson

Author:Faith Anderson [Anderson, Faith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evangeline Anderson books
Published: 2023-04-28T18:30:00+00:00

TWENTY-SEVEN

SELINE

The voice behind her startled her so much that Seline nearly broke her trapped arm trying to twist around and see who it was.

“Oh my God!” she gasped, when she saw Master Lendrex standing there with a cruel smile on his golden face. “Oh, I’m so sorry—this is all a big misunderstanding, I promise, Master Lendrex!”

As she spoke, Peep-a-cheek whizzed past the Viridian leader and out of the room, making her feel utterly abandoned.

“How many times must I tell you that pleasure girls are to be seen and not heard here in the Halls of Pain?” he snapped, coming forward. “So tell me—which of my valuable artifacts were you trying to steal?”

Seline glared up at him.

“Do you want me to answer your question or keep my mouth shut like a good little girl? You can’t have it both ways, you know.”

The Viridian leader’s black eyes flashed.

“You’ve got a smart mouth on you, little female. But now that you’ve been caught red-handed, I do believe I can finally punish you for it!”

“What? No!” Seline gasped, shrinking away from him. She yanked as hard as she could on the invisible foam cuff that was still keeping her in place but it was completely immovable.

“Don’t bother trying to get free of my anti-theft system,” Master Lendrex sneered at her. “Did you really think I would leave shelves full of priceless artifacts out in the open without protecting them in some way?”

“I know how this looks but I wasn’t trying to steal anything—honestly!” Seline exclaimed. “It’s just that my pet flur’fa woke me up and brought me here because he found the artifact we’ve been looking for!”

“He did, did he?” Master Lendrex crossed his arms over his broad, golden-scaled chest, looking thoroughly skeptical.

Seline tried again.

“Yes, he did!” she insisted. “Look, I know that sounds crazy, but I wasn’t going to try to take it. It’s just, I saw the metal carrying case and wanted to know if the other half of the artifact we’ve been looking for was inside. So I just took a little peak and then I was going to go back to bed and tell Nox—I mean, Master Nox—that you do have the artifact after all.”

“And you expect me to just take your word that you weren’t trying to steal from me?” he growled. “I don’t think so. You’ve been caught in the act of thievery and here in the Halls of Pain, we punish such crimes.”

“But I didn’t take anything!” Seline’s heart was pounding and her palms were sweating. She was feeling more and more panicked. “Please!” she begged. “You have to believe me!”

“I do not have to do anything—I am Lord and Master here!” Master Lendrex thundered. “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t punish you right here and now, girl!”

“I’ll give you a good reason,” a deep, growling voice said from the doorway. “Because if you touch her, I’ll kill you.”

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